The 2010s were especially tumultuous times for the world, with it facing new challenges to international order and stability. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia, its successor, continuously challenged existing international norms and involved itself in a...
The Eastern Europe Studies Centre is introducing the latest release of the annual publication Lithuanian Foreign Policy Review. This is now the 39th publication, aiming at highlighting the most pertinent challenges to Lithuanian foreign policy and security. This year,...
About the Author: Denis Cenusa, PhD candidate and researcher at Justus-Liebig University (Germany), Policy & Political Analyst on Eastern Partnership States and Russia, Energy Security Program Director at Expert-Grup (Moldova). The run-off of the presidential...
You can find the PDF text version by clicking this link. Since 1994, Alexander Lukashenko’s authoritarian rule and his regime’s grip on power has strengthened continuously, at the great cost of diminishing Belarusian civil liberties. Throughout these years,...
About the Author: Virginijus Sinkevičius has been the European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries since 2019. He was formerly the Minister of Economy of Lithuania (2017-2019). Before becoming the Minister of Economy, Sinkevičius led the Economic...
You can find the PDF text version by clicking this link. About the author: Marc Lanteigne is an Associate Professor of Political Science at UiT, the Arctic University of Norway (Tromsø). His research areas include international security studies,...
You can find the PDF text version by clicking this link. Dr. Lina Strupinskienė talks about this year’s elections in the Western Balkans, struggles for influence in the region between major powers, and opportunities for closer cooperation with Lithuania in an...
You can find the PDF text version by clicking this link. About the author: Giedrimas Jeglinskas is the Assistant Secretary General for Executive Management at NATO. He has overall responsibility for management of NATO headquarters, and is the Secretary General’s...
About the Author: Denis Cenusa, PhD candidate and researcher at Justus-Liebig University (Germany), Policy & Political Analyst on Eastern Partnership States and Russia, Energy Security Program Director at Expert-Grup (Moldova). General introduction[1] On November...
Prof. dr. Dainius Žalimas OPINION On 25 August 2020 the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Belarus (thereinafter – the CCRB) adopted a document entitled the “Constitutional Legal Position on the Protection of the Constitutional Order” (Kонституционно-правовaя...
